Cat dances to Ligeti (cat chasing own tail routine)

Six months old kitten dances her ballet to Gyorgi Ligeti's Piano Concert - Gato correndo atrás do próprio rabo... Gatinha de seis meses perseguindo a própria cauda...

And now, for something completely different...
Featured here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsGvk4fukAI

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Cat
• Cats
• Crazy
• tail
• Kitten
• Kitty
• pussycat
• Boots
• Music
• Ballet
• György
• Ligeti
• Gato
• Gatinho
• Gatinhos
• dance
• to
• Piano
• Concert

[NevinJarek]

wow, poor kitty, I suppose he's learned that from his owner, he's so lonely! =S You can see when a cat doesnt have many cats to hangout with, and I'm sure Ligeti doesnt make you very popular either... lawl

[bigfootpegrande]

@NevinJarek

...and just what makes you think me or my cat are lonely?... She now lives in a big house, full of nature and other cats to harass her...

[chubbylegend]

Next time play him some Captain Beefheart

[bigfootpegrande]

@chubbylegend

...well, she certainly heard loads of Zappa...

[fibermaven]

While personally, I instinctually feel that Debussy or Ravel might have better provided a more solid sense of other-worldlyness suggested by the cat's emulation of a dog confused by the actions of its own tail, one cannot help but note the underlying feral instincts brought to the forefront of this video by its producer's subtle use of Ligeti's catchy tunes. Daring and delightful, this is a must see for fans of Kafka and Espinosa.

[auresius88]

in that case you must hate Bach, Haendel, Corelli, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner, Prokofiev, etc. All of them use plenty of dissonances. Don´t believe me? Listen Mozart´s string quartet "Dissonance" :)

[android329]

the fact that the cat at least has a roof to live under should be enough to make people happy.....

[NevinJarek]

@bigfootpegrande I know cats well enough, and when they play with themselves or humans like that it usually means they dont have other cats with whom to play, and music is an affective construct, as socially charged as smiling, but I never thought of the probability that your ambient isnt a cultural desert... anyways, salute your kitty on my behalf.

[sotnasdani]

Gostei!!! Da música do Ligeti e performance artistística do gatinho!

[Dannoranejiku]

Very very imaginative sweet kitty:))))

[humancondition28]

Dissonance is an integral part of all music. Ligeti did not just write this piece for the dissonance, he was using compositional techniques that happened to produce those notes. What you said was ignorant because you aren't listening past the discords.

[saladshootavvv]

You might be right about your statement.

but There is A LOT more going on in this music besides dissonance and a lot more elements that people can "not like". So if all you hear when you listen to this is dissonance, THEN you are ignorant.